Guenther Wachsmuth

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Guenther Wachsmuth (born October 4, 1893 in Dresden , † March 2, 1963 in Dornach SO ) was a German anthroposophist and author.

Life

Guenther Wachsmuth was born in 1893 as the second son of a Dresden pediatrician. After finishing school in Dresden in 1908, Wachsmuth was sent to the Glarisegg rural education home in Switzerland, which was run by reform pedagogy , and then to the Wickersdorf rural school in Saalfeld . In autumn 1912 he passed his Abitur in Langensalza . He then studied law in Oxford and Munich.

In August 1914 he registered as a volunteer and was permanently injured in his left arm in Russia; he nevertheless remained as an orderly officer in the war effort. After the war he resumed his studies in Munich and graduated in 1919 with a doctorate in Würzburg. In the same year he had his first personal encounter with Rudolf Steiner .

After the fire at the first Goetheanum , he became Steiner's personal assistant: he got him literature, organized his trips and accompanied him, took care of his protection and actively campaigned for the reconstruction of the Goetheanum. When the Anthroposophical Society was re-established in 1923/24, he was appointed board member, treasurer and secretary; he held this position until his death in 1963.

Works

Non-fiction

  • The etheric formative forces in the cosmos, earth and man. A way of exploring the living . The coming day, Stuttgart 1924.
  • The etheric world in science, art and religion. From the path of man to mastery of the forces of formation . Philosophical-Anthroposophical Publishing House, Dornach 1927.
  • The reincarnation of man as a phenomenon of metamorphosis . Natural science section at the Goetheanum, Dornach 1935; 2. A. (reprint) 1983.
  • Images and contributions to the history of the mysteries and the spiritual history of mankind . Emil Weises bookstore (Karl Eymann), Dresden 1938.
  • The birth of spiritual science. Rudolf Steiner's life from the turn of the century to his death (1900–1925). A biography . Philosophical-Anthroposophical Publishing House, Dornach 1941.
    • 2nd ext. A. as: Rudolf Steiner's earthly life and work . Philosophisch-Anthroposophischer Verlag, Dornach 1951; 3rd A. 1964.
  • Bibliography of Rudolf Steiner's works. In addition to “The Birth of Spiritual Science” . Philosophical-Anthroposophical Publishing House, Dornach 1942.
  • Earth and man. Your creative powers, rhythms and life processes. Basic lines of a meteorobiology of the natural kingdoms . Archimedes, Kreuzlingen 1945.
  • The evolution of the earth. Cosmogony and geological history, an organic becoming . Philosophical-Anthroposophical Publishing House, Dornach 1950.
  • History of mankind. Cosmic evolution - earth embodiment - migration of peoples - intellectual history . Philosophisch-Anthroposophischer Verlag, Dornach 1953; 2. A. (reprint) 1973.
  • Cosmic Aspects of Birth and Death. Contributions to karma research . Philosophisch-Anthroposophischer Verlag, Dornach 1956; 3rd A. 1990.

Literary works

  • Kepler's world secret. Drama in 12 pictures . Hybernia, Basel / Dornach 1946.
  • Noah's Ark. Dramatic sketch in 7 pictures . Hybernia, Basel / Dornach Dornach 1948.
  • The division of the earth. Drama of a turning point . Hybernia, Dornach 1954.
  • Archangel in the Council. Drama in 8 pictures with foreplay and aftermath . Geering, Dornach 1961.

As editor (selection)

  • Gaea Sophia. Yearbook of the Natural Science Section of the Free University at the Goetheanum , Volumes I – VI, Dornach / Stuttgart / Basel 1926–1932.
  • Goethe in our time. Rudolf Steiner's Goetheanism as a Research Method. Dornach 1949.

As translator

literature

  • Heinz Herbert Schöffler: Guenther Wachsmuth. A picture of life . (= Pioneers of anthroposophy. 15). Verlag am Goetheanum, Dornach 1995, ISBN 3-7235-0690-9 .

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personal data
SURNAME Wachsmuth, Guenther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German anthroposophist
DATE OF BIRTH October 4, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH March 2, 1963
Place of death Dornach SO